Ky˘ka (狂歌)
poems are short humorous poems that are often satirical, bawdy or just silly. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum,
London, 1961).á The series was published
in at least two statesŚone with the poems and a later printing without.á The images are each about 4.7 by 5 inches (12
by 12.5 centimeters), and six images were printed on a sheet of paper about 14
by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ˘ban.

This is the second state of
the above print (without the poem).á
The prints below are all from the second state.

A kappa (river sprite) trying to pull man into the water

Raik˘ and the severed head of Shunte-d˘ji

A samurai (possibly Yoritomo) falling or being pushed out of a cave
on Mount Ishibashi, where he may have sought refuge